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Written Ministerial Statements

Monday 18 May 2009

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Companies House

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Ian Pearson): I have set Companies House the following targets for the year 2009-10:

Customer

Process

People

Finance


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Health

Written Answer (Correction)

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Ann Keen): I regret that the written answer given to the hon. Member for Halton (Derek Twigg) on 30 March, Official Report, column 896w, was incorrect.

Data provided were not validated and this did not come to light until queries were raised about data for a subsequent question. In addition, it is worth noting that Wakefield sits outside the North West catchment area and should not have been included in the previous table.

The correct information is given in the following table.

The number of severecomplex burn cases treated by each burn centre in the North West in each year since 2003(!)
North West Catchment Area200320042005200620072008Total

Paediatrics

Manchester

10

5

7

8

12

13

55

Liverpool

3

5

3

2

3

5

21

Preston

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Paediatrics total

13

10

10

10

15

18

76

Adults

Manchester

9

10

13

16

16

19

83

Liverpool

7

5

8

11

10

15

56

Preston

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Adult total

16

15

21

27

26

34

139

Uncoded data(2)

1

1

NW total

66

25

31

37

41

52

216

Source: The National Burn Injury Database (NBID) was established in 2003 and had no data available before this time.
1: Data do not include readmissions.
2: Uncoded for paediatric or adult case.

Health Inequalities

The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson): The House of Commons Health Select Committee published its report on health inequalities on 15 March 2009. The Government response to this report (Cm 7621) has been laid before Parliament today.

The Government response welcomes the Committee’s support for its work on health inequalities. Cross-Government action on health inequalities has helped contribute to major improvements in the health of the people in disadvantaged groups and areas over the last 10 years. The Government also welcome the Committee’s support for the health inequalities target, for the post-2010 strategic review of health inequalities announced on 6 November 2008, and for the practical suggestions contained in the report.

The Government have used the experience of the last 10 years to shape their approach to the health inequalities agenda and develop practical, evidence-based programmes and policies. We are committed to continue this work.


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